On the 18th anniversary of Hrant Dink's assassination, we are meeting at the 23.5 Hrant Dink Memory Site with artist Memed Erdener, who created the video mapping to be projected on the facade of the Sebat Building on January 18 and 19 from 19:00 to 23:00.
- All events will be held at the 23.5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory.
- A separate registration form must be completed for each event.
- The events will be held in hybrid format (face to face and on Zoom).
- For face to face events, the capacity is 38 people per event.
- For Zoom events, the capacity is 100 people per event.
- The language of the events is Turkish.
Saturday, January 18
On the Sebat Building Video MappingSpeaker: Memed Erdener
Moderator: Aylin Vartanyan
15.30–17.00 Conversation
19.00 - Video Mapping
He is a member of the Hafriyat art collective, which has left a mark on the recent past. Between 1997 and 2017, he worked under the name "Extramücadele," producing critical art that challenged dogmas. He participated in exhibitions in Turkey and abroad and taught at universities. He is currently an artist represented by Zilberman Gallery. His works can be viewed at memederdener.com.
Aylin Vartanyan Dilaver pursued her education in political economy and literature at Barnard College and Columbia University. She continued her career by teaching critical reading and writing courses at Boğaziçi University, School of Foreign Languages. Since the establishment of the university’s Peace Education Practice and Research Center in 2006, she has actively worked as an instructor, organized seminars and conferences, and participated in curriculum development projects that blend critical pedagogy with an arts-based perspective. Her encounter in 2005 with Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed approach and the training she received strengthened her belief in the role of art in social transformation. In 2010, she began her doctoral studies at the European Graduate School in Switzerland. After obtaining her CAGS degree, she started doctoral research in Istanbul, focusing on a post-memory approach combined with photo-based storytelling with Armenian women living in the city. She has been passionately conducting workshops on "Expressive Arts and Conflict Transformation" since 2011, starting with members of the Yel Değirmeni subgroup of the Social Work Club at Boğaziçi University. Since February 2021, she has been a member and workshop facilitator at the Expressive Arts Institute Istanbul. Since 2022, as a retired lecturer, she has continued teaching at the university and organizing expressive arts-based workshops in educational settings.
